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Books read since Winter Solstice 2008
01) Flight by Sherman Alexie
02) The Soloist by Steve Lopez
03) Dreams from My Father by Barack Obama
04) Nancy Drew # 52: The Secret of the Forgotten City by Carolyn Keene
05) The Tales of Beedle the Bard by J.K. Rowling
06) Nancy Drew #1: The Secret of the Old Clock by Carolyn Keene
07) Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare
08) Nancy Drew # 27: The Secret of the Wooden Lady by Carolyn Keene
09) Coraline by Neil Gaiman
10) Winter in the Blood by James Welch
11) The Macrophenomenal Pro Basketball Almanac by Bethlehem Shoals, Big Baby Belafonte, Brown Recluse, Esq., Dr. Lawyer Indianchief, and Silverbird5000
"Rasheed Wallace represents a number of contradictions about our expectations of professional athletes. We praise on-court intensity but condemn players when it crosses the line into anger. We praise teamwork and unselfishness but criticize players who don't possess a "killer instinct." We praise people for doing charity work and taking care of their families but demonize as thugs players who commit victimless crimes such as drug possession. In the end, it may not be Rasheed who is irrational, but our decidedly grotesque opinions of him."
In a similar vein, Josh Heytvelt, who plays basketball for Gonzaga, was arrested for felony possession of hallucinogenic mushrooms several years ago. What drives me insane is that people refer to this as "a tragic mistake" and say that he "nearly threw his life away." You'd think he had actually done something wrong, you know, like harming another person. Instead, he had a plastic bag with some plants in it.
Fuck all y'all.
01) Flight by Sherman Alexie
02) The Soloist by Steve Lopez
03) Dreams from My Father by Barack Obama
04) Nancy Drew # 52: The Secret of the Forgotten City by Carolyn Keene
05) The Tales of Beedle the Bard by J.K. Rowling
06) Nancy Drew #1: The Secret of the Old Clock by Carolyn Keene
07) Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare
08) Nancy Drew # 27: The Secret of the Wooden Lady by Carolyn Keene
09) Coraline by Neil Gaiman
10) Winter in the Blood by James Welch
11) The Macrophenomenal Pro Basketball Almanac by Bethlehem Shoals, Big Baby Belafonte, Brown Recluse, Esq., Dr. Lawyer Indianchief, and Silverbird5000
"Rasheed Wallace represents a number of contradictions about our expectations of professional athletes. We praise on-court intensity but condemn players when it crosses the line into anger. We praise teamwork and unselfishness but criticize players who don't possess a "killer instinct." We praise people for doing charity work and taking care of their families but demonize as thugs players who commit victimless crimes such as drug possession. In the end, it may not be Rasheed who is irrational, but our decidedly grotesque opinions of him."
In a similar vein, Josh Heytvelt, who plays basketball for Gonzaga, was arrested for felony possession of hallucinogenic mushrooms several years ago. What drives me insane is that people refer to this as "a tragic mistake" and say that he "nearly threw his life away." You'd think he had actually done something wrong, you know, like harming another person. Instead, he had a plastic bag with some plants in it.
Fuck all y'all.